# Table column privilege setting

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/table-column-privilege-setting/1237>\
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/table-column-privilege-setting/1237 "2009-08-17T01:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![hifirock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@hifirock](https://forums.percona.com/u/hifirock)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/table-column-privilege-setting/1237/1 "2009-08-17T01:39:05Z")

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Hi MySQL guru’s,

I have 5 tables in which 2 tables having “description” column and i need to set the UPDATE privilege to the specified user to modify only the “description” column in the tables. is it possible to UPDATE only one column value in the particular table using the MySqL GUI TOOL VERSION 5.0? or any other methods are available?  
Please help me.

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**Author:** ![istvan.podor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/istvan.podor/32/16879_2.png) [@istvan.podor](https://forums.percona.com/u/istvan.podor)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/table-column-privilege-setting/1237/2 "2009-11-22T06:17:47Z")

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Hi,

I think you find a solution in the last 1 year, but phpmyadmin would be that you’re looking for.